Time register



Jan. 8, 1929.

R. J. ANDERSON TIME REGISTER Filed Jan. 28, 1927 gwuemtom J2. Jflmmwz Guam Patented Jan. 8, 1929.

UNITED STATES RALPH J.- ANDERSON, or STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN,

TIME REGISTER.

Application filed January 28, 1927. Serial No. 164,257.

This invention relates to a device to be used in combination with time clocks and aims to provide a novel means whereby the actual time spent by mechanics on repair jobs may be accurately determined.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be used for determining the length of time required to complete a certain piece of work when the mechanic is working on a job at intervals.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational view illustrating a device constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the device.

Figure .3 is a rear elevational view illustrating the gearing employed for operating the indicating hands of the device.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 indicates the body portion of the device that supports the time clock 6, which is of the usual and well known construction.

Arranged in proximity to the time clock, are dials 7, and while I have shown three of these dials 7, it is to be understood that the number of dials may be varied to meet various requirements of use.

Shafts 8 extend through the dials 7 and through the body portion 5, where they support gears 9 at their rear ends, there being provided ratchets 10 secured to the shafts, as by means of the collars 11 and set screws 12. These gears 9 are loosely mounted on the shafts 8 and are coupled to the shafts by means of pawls 13 carried by the gears 9 to the end that when the shafts 8 are moved in a clockwise direction, the gears 9 will be rotated, but when the shafts 8 are moved in anti-clockwise directions, the gears 9 will remain stationary, the pawls 13 riding over the ratchets.

Meshing with the gears 9 are pinions 14 that also mesh with the gears 15 carried at the inner ends of the shafts 16 that extend through the body portion and carry indicating hands 17 on the forward ends thereof.

These indicating hands 17 move over the registering dials 18 that. are secured to the front face of the body portion 5 as clearly.

shown by Figure 1, the dials being marked and numbered in such a way as to indicate hours and fractions of hours.

On the forward ends of the shafts 8, are indicating hands 19 that are provided with finger pieces 20, so that a person may grip the finger pieces and manipulate the indicating hands 19, in a manner to be hereinafter more fully described when the device is being used to accomplish its purpose.

Directly above the indicating dials, are spring fingers 21 arranged in pairs so thatcards such as indicated at 22 and appropriately ruled to define columns for receiving certain indicating characters, may be positioned therein, with the result that a certain card may be used with certain indicating dials, to the end that it would be impossible for the cards to become misplaced and an irregular record of the time kept.

In the use of the device, assuming that a workman is starting on a job at three oclock, the indicating hand 19 operating over the dial directly under the card 22 to be used for recording the time required in completing the work, is moved in an anti-clockwise direction, until the same falls directly over the numeral 3 of the dial 7 associated therewith. Should the workman for some reason discontinue working on this particular job for two hours, as an example, after he has worked one hour, the indicating hand 7 is moved groin the numeral 3 to the numeral 4 on this When the workman resumes work on this particularjob and assuming that he has been to register themove'ments of the indicating hand 19 011 the dial 18 associated with the indicating hand 17.

It will thus be seen that the workman may, by glancing at the registering dial 18, determine immediately the number of hours spent on the particular work accomplished, and a notation made in the column of the card 22 above the indicating hands operated, so that the card may be turned into a bookkeeper to figure the cost of the job completed, on a time basis;

I claim V I In a register, a'body portion, an upper and lower shaft supported by the body portion,

a gear; loosely mounted on the upper shaft, a pawl secured to the rear surface of the gear,

a ratchet mounted on the inner end of the RALPH J. ANDERSON; 

